Now, assuming this engagement isn’t some sort of elaborate prank on Matt Damon that Clooney is going to reveal on a talk show next week, it’s time for us to get comfortable with Alamuddin, as she’ll presumably become a fixture in the pages of Us Weekly and on the red carpets of awards seasons. She’ll be seen whispering with Cindy Crawford on the way out of double-date dinners; her style will be analyzed by Joan Rivers (“She’s a lawyer, right? Well, I’m gonna sue her for wearing this in public!”); and she’ll be asked questions about her relationship which she’ll no doubt deflect with charm and grace (we’re just assuming the “charm and grace” part from the fact that she’s a barrister—a barrister!).

That all in mind, here’s what we know about Alamuddin so far:

Seriously, she’s a barrister (given the opportunity to use the word “barrister” a billion times in a post, you can bet we’re gonna take it). The 36-year-old studied law at Oxford University, and also graduated from the N.Y.U. School of Law. She currently specializes in “international law, human rights, extradition and criminal law” for a London law firm. (“How was your weekend, Amal?” “I got engaged to George Clooney. How was . . . uh . . . that trip to Ikea you were planning?”) She’s also been published in all sorts of fancy-sounding journals, and appointed to a number of fancy-sounding commissions.

She has high-profile clients. She has represented WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in his extradition case in Sweden, and has also been involved in cases in which she represented the state of Cambodia, the former Libyan intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, and Yulia Tymoshenko, the former prime minster of the Ukraine. She is also an appointed adviser to Kofi Annan.

She is fluent in three languages. Born in Beirut and currently based in London, Alamuddin is fluent in French, English, and Arabic. (This means she’ll be able to switch to French or Arabic when she’s on the phone with her sister in front of George to complain about how George has been plotting an elaborate prank on Brad for the entire afternoon instead of cutting up the parsley like he said he would.)

She’s a former professional wrestler for the W.W.E. Wait, how did that get in here?!? Sorry, ignore that.

Alamuddin landed atop “London’s Hottest Barristers List” last year. This plaudit had been widely reported when Alamuddin first emerged in October as a Clooney girlfriend. It turns out this list was created by a random Tumblr, but, still, better random Tumblrs praising your beauty than, like, Photoshopping cats on your head or whatever.

She has shunned Twitter. Alamuddin and her husband-to-be apparently see eye to eye when it comes to their distaste for social media, as Alamuddin has deactivated her Twitter account. This means, however, we sadly will not be privy to any live tweets of game nights with Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock. (Because we’re sure, if she had Twitter, that’s what she’d use it for.)